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News, analysis and commentary from someone who has covered the Washington Nationals since Day 1Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:35:33 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Sildenafil Citratehttp://natsinsider.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out/comment-page-1/#comment-17214
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:46:47 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-17214well I have to say I was not part of a season-ticket plan, and I was one of the few lucky ones who called at the right time to get one ticket, I couldn't believe I got one ticket!
]]>By: Neilhttp://natsinsider.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1739
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:21 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1739If you believe the NATS sold out of Opening Day tickets that fast, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell.This is a tactic to get people to purchase season tickets, because so many people dropped their plans…
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://natsinsider.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1738
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:30:33 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1738I received a call from the ticket office…this is BS…There is no way they sold out that quickly.The salesman told me if I was to buy season tickets he would be able to include opening day..Problem is that last season, most of us with season tickets did not renew…this is the NATS way of getting back …its not going to work.It could have a terrible impact, for baseball in DC.Once again aDC owner killing the fun for people..
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:42:25 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1403Mark (not Zuckerman) & Andrew, keep in mind that the paid attendence includes lots of no-shows. If 12,000 was the low paid attendence for the season, then 10,000 to 11,000 is probably closer to the real STH base. Just some guessing on my part.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:24:19 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1393Good to hear that there's such support for the team…hope it keeps up as we move from spring to summer.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:21:17 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1390Mark…. I wanted to comment about the Roger Bernadina post… Definately gonna be a breakout season for him.. I would find it hard to compare many that did what he did in the off season. He put on the most amount of muscle mass I have ever seen and has been hitting the ball very hard in the first few weeks. He even arrived almost a week before pitchers and catchers arrived. His dedication is well beyond players such as Dukes
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:48:12 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1387Andrew, the 10,623 attendance figure that you noted, was a Marlins game but it was in Miami. Not DC.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:44:49 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1385Last year's STH base was closer to 12K.On April 20th, a chilly, wet, Monday night against the Braves, the Nats announced tickets sold in the amount of: 12,464I doubt that there was much of a walkup and very little advance sales for a Monday night against the Braves. And after rain all afternoon and into the evening, the result was a delay at the start of 2 hours, 10 minutes.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:32:18 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1383Mark, there are plenty of seats available for Opening Day. If you go to the Nats site now and request a Full Season Plan, you can get 4 together in the Home Dugout Box section, Row V, seats 9-12. So, they are holding back a whole bunch of tickets.As for this year's attendance low, don't look for a business man's special in June. That game will do fine. Weather will be great. Kids out of school – early game. They'll do 27K easily.As for an indicator of the STH Base, I'd look at the early may weeknights against Atlanta (before school is out, and who cares about the Braves) or late April against the Rockies (again, schools in session, and the Rocks are a playoff team, but how well do they travel?) and after that you may have to wait for a September weeknight when schools get back going again.And as far as winning boosting attendance, oddly enough, studies show there's usually a 1 year lag and that 2010 attendance is more strongly influenced by the 2009 record, than the 2010 record.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:42:22 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1379I would caution my colleagues' read of actual STH from filled seats for low-popularity games, with last year as a vivid example.They're not taking their estimate of actual STH from filled seats, they're taking it from announced attendance – which is always paid attendance, not turnstile count. MLB teams never release their actual attendance numbers. So since each full season ticket represents a seat that is sold for every single game, the game with the lowest attendance every season is going to have an attendance that is greater than or equal to the number of season tickets sold.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:47:50 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1373Good news for the Nats that there is evident excitement (and a better team business plan–e.g., putting opening tickets in partial season ticket plans like mine) for Opening Day this year [alas, I'll be in Ireland–it's the tail end of local school district's spring break]. I would caution my colleagues' read of actual STH from filled seats for low-popularity games, with last year as a vivid example. I'm in two different plans, including a syndicate for a full-season package. By early summer, I couldn't even get my daughter to go to games. Often, I was the only one sitting in a 4-seat collection (lots of room to spread out and a chance to deny the visiting team's fans easy prime seats!). By August, I literally couldn't give tickets away–so I missed games, meaning 4 empty, paid-for seats. I thought we heard last year's STH were in the 16K range. And let's also not diminish the potential attraction of a mid-week game against the Royals: they have some quality starting pitching; they were an early surprise last season, and that week is the first full week that many area schools will be done for the year–I get to take my daughter to midweek games without worrying about messing up a school night. Carl in 309.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:38:06 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1372Your headline is very wrong, it should be "Most of the Very Few of the So-Far-Made Available Single Day Opening Day tickets have been Sold".I doubt more than 10k (all STHers) have actually been sold to date. And I very much doubt, the Opening Day game will be sold out (within 2k of stadium capacity).
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:30:41 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1371Your headline is very wrong, it should be "Most of the Very Few of the So-Far-Made Available Single Day Opening Day tickets have been Sold".I doubt more than 10k have actually been sold (to STH) to date.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:40:20 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1370I agree if and when the win then fans will come back. I know that my little section of the Park where we all get to know each other, I was the only one of 5 groups that renewed their tickets. Last year was very damaging and that damage will linger until they are in contention….they did not do enough in the off season to change that did they? Nats needed a defensive SS Proven, RF bat, top closer and another healthy 200 inning 4.25 ERA starter to get to .500.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:13:19 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1369good point. how many people would take off early on a weds afternoon in june for that?
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:26:28 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1368That KC series in late June would be a great time for Strasburg's first start. Think that might help attendance a bit?
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:26:00 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1367Natbiscuit: Bernadina is indeed 100 percent healthy and good to go. In fact, I'd probably award him the "best shape of his life" trophy. Several people have noted how good he looks physically this spring.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:17:59 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1366I got behind on my reading, but thoroughly enjoyed catching up this evening. One thing I have not seen in any of the posts yet is an update on Bernadina's health. Is he having any lingering issues with his ankle? Has he regained 100% of his speed? I'm also interested in Dukes conditioning. (And among the position players, who wins the "best shape of his life" competition.)
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:17:04 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1365Andrew, I like your STH base theory. I'll put up an even better option for the game to watch:Wed, Jun 23 Kansas City 4:35 PM
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:40:00 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/opening-day-tix-nearly-sold-out#comment-1364JayB – I think you will be surprised with overall attendence this year as I think attendence will rise over last year. The won/loss record will determine how much overall the attendence changes.2 factors on the + side Strasburg and Wang. 1 factor that will be a +/- will be the won/loss record so that will be a wait & see.1 factor that will be a big – will be no Red Sox this season which is 3 games that will not be sold out.
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